Editor's note: Mercersburg's Debbie Taylor is in Cleveland, Ohio this week as one of three 9th Congressional District's voting delegates at the Republican National Convention. This is the first of daily first-person written reports she plans to send home to the community. She filed the report at 7:27 a.m. Monday prior to the daily Pennsylvania GOP delegation breakfast held each morning at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Cleveland - Westlake.

She notes for her first entry that Pennsylvania delegates had the opportunity to ride chartered buses to the convention as a group, something Taylor chose to do.

The ride to Cleveland was great! Passengers included several Pennsylvania elected officials including, Congressman Tom Marino (who is the Pennsylvania State Co-Chair for the Trump campaign), State Representative Sue Helm and State Representative Tina Pickett.

Many of the delegates are first-timers and that's really great because they are true grassroots Republicans.

Marc Scaringi was also a passenger. Marc is from the Harrisburg area and was a candidate for the US Senate a few years ago. He now has a Sunday morning radio talk show and did it live from the bus. His guests included both Congressman Marino and Representative Helm. Each gave their thoughts on the convention, Donald Trump, the issues, etc. I even had the chance to help Marc a bit with the production!

Last evening all the delegates, alternates and guests attended the welcome reception at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cleveland certainly rolled out the red carpet for us. Amazing foods from 50 different vendors and the chance to check out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Added bonus was a concert by Three Dog Night!

Today we get down to the business at hand and head into the convention sessions. The opening session begins at 1 p.m. with a second session this evening.

Our morning starts out with a briefing after breakfast. These briefings are held each morning and feature a noted Republican leader. Will know who it is in a little while!